Plants in the Native California Garden Prepared by Jerome Albers (photos, descriptions and graphics) For the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation The Native California Plant Garden is located at the Park Hyatt Golf Club entrance to the Batiquitos Lagoon Trail. It consists of all native California plants that can also be grown in a low maintenance landscape in Southern California. The plants once established require either no water during the Summer or only occasional deep watering. The garden was developed and is maintained by all volunteers. It is sponsored and funded by the Park Hyatt Hotel, Four Seasons Villas, and the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation. The care given for each species is best that is currently available but as they are grown in more gardens more will be learned about their care. The garden is ever changing as old plants die and new mature. As you can see the purpose is to preserve native California plants and provide education about them and their beauty and their use in landscaping. Some Views of the Garden 1 2 Plants in the West Garden 1 – Coast Live Oak (Quercdus agrifolia) 2 – David’s Choice Sandhill Sage (Artemisia pycnocephala) 3 – Canyon Grey (Artemisia californica Canyon Grey) 4 – Evergreen Currant – Catalina Perfume (Ribes viburnifolium) 5 – Indian Mallow (Abutilon palmeri) 6 – Wooly Blue Curls (Trichostema lanatum) 7 – Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum) 8 – Lemonade Berry (Rhus integrifolia) 9 – Chalk Liveforever and Chalk Dudleya (Dudleya pulverulenta) 10 – De La Mina Lilac Verbena (Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina') 11 – California Coffee Berry (Frangula californica, Rhamnus) 12 – Canyon Prince (Leymus condensatus) 13 – Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea) 14 – Island Snapdragon ‘Firecracker’ (Galvezia speciosa) 15 - California Fuchsia (Zauschneria californica) 16 - Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus) 17 - Island Shrub Mallow - Malva Rosa (Lavatera assurgentiflora) 18 – Silk Tassel Bush - Garrya veatchii 19 - Blue Mountain Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Skylark) 20 - Arroyo de la Cruz California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Arroyo de la Cruz') 3 Plants in the East Garden 1 50 – Wood Strawberry (Fragaria californica) 51 – Fairy Duster (Calliandra californica) 52 – California Coffeeberry (Frangula californica - old name Rhamnus californica) 53 – Daras Choice Sage (Salvia Daras Choice) 54 – Cleveland Sage – Musk Sage (Salvia clevelandii) 55 – Howard McMinn Manzanita (Arctostaphylos densiflora Howard McMinn Manzanita) 56 – Toyon - Christmas Berry (Heteromeles abutifolia) 57 – Island Ceanothus (Ceanothus arboreus) 58 – Island Snapdragon (Galvezia speciosa) 59 – Bush Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus) 60 – Wooly Blue Curls (Trichostema lanatum) 61 – Lemonade Berry (Rhus integrifolia) 62 – White Sage (Salvia apiana) 63 – Byrd Hill Manzanita (Arctostaphylos Manzanita Byrd Hill) 64 – Wart-Stemmed Ceanothus (Ceanothus verrucosus) 65 – Bladderpod (Peritoma arborea old name Isomeris Arborea) 66 – California lilac - Carmel Ceanothus (Ceanothus griseus‘Kurt Zadnik’) 67 – Island Bush Poppy (Dendromecon harfordii or Dendromecon rigida) 68 – Refugio Manzanita (Arctostaphylos refugioensis Refugio Manzanita) 69 – Baja Bush Snapdragon (Galvesia Juncea) 70 – California Mountain Lilac (Ceanothus concha) 71 – Dwarf Coyote Bush, Dwarf Chaparral Broom (Baccharis pilularis Pigeon Point) 72 – Humming Bird Sage (Salvia spathacea) 73 – Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus) 74 – Carmel Mountain Lilac (Ceanothus griseus horizontalis Yankee Point) 75 – California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum foliolosum) 76 – Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) 77 – Bee’s Bliss Sage (Salvia, Bee’s Bliss) 78 – Allen Chickering Sage (salvia, allen chickering) 79 – Popcorn Ceanothus (Ceanothus Maritimus ‘Popcorn’) 80 – Del Mar Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp.crassifolia) 81 – Goatnut Jojoba (female) (Simmondsia chinensis) 82 – Lady Fingers - San Diego Dudleya (Dudleya edulis) 83 – Beach Evening Primrose (Camissonia cheiranthifolia) 84 – Shaw’s Agave (Agave shawii) 85 – Our Lord’s Candle – Foothill Yucca (Yucca whipplei) 86 – Costal Cholla- Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia (prolifera (Opuntia prolifera)) 87 – Coastal Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia littoralis) 4 88 – Island Shrub Mallow and Malva Rosa (Lavatera assurgentiflora) 89 – Saint Catherine's Lace (Eriogonum giganteum) 90 –Red Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens) 91 – White Flowered Mtn. Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Snow Flurry) 92 – Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) 93 – Low Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla Point Sal) 94 – Musk Sage Winifred Gilman (Salvia clevelandii Winifred Gilman) 95 – Cleveland Sage (Salvia clevelandii) 96 – Sage 5 6 The follow is a guide to the plants and their maintenance. Water varies from plant to plant some most do not need water in the winter but in the summer it varies from no water to water about once a month. None of these plants should be over water after established. A new planting will required more frequent deep watering until the root system gets established and then only water as needed. The soil should not be good and rich native plants in general like sandy well drained soil and in many cases will not survive in rich soil. Some will tolerate fertilizer in the spring and some fertilizer will kill. The best feature of these plants is that they require little water, little fertilizer and poor soil. The watering should be a deep soaking followed by a period where it is allowed to dry out. This simulates a thunderstorm soaking. The cactuses are best with an overhead sprinkling like a thunderstorm. Most of the other plants are better if just soaking the ground because overhead sprinkling can lead to fungus diseases. Most can be pruned and should be to improve the appearance and encourage more blossoms. None should be seriously pruned by cutting way back. For further information on these plants and where to purchase look up the scientific name on the internet. Assistance can be obtained from Tree Of Live Nursery, 3201 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, Ca, 92675. Phone 949-728-0685. Website www.californianativeplants.com If error are found in this Booklet contact The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation for correction. 7 8 Allen Chickering Sage (salvia, allen chickering) Salvia Allen Chickering is a hybrid between Salvia clevelandii and Salvia leucophylla and has many of the best attributes of both. Salvia Allen Chickering grows to 5 feet or more tall and wide. The Allen Chickering Sage is quite fragrant and has gray foliage. The lavender blue flowers come on in Spring and can last well into Summer and may repeat in the Fall. Salvia Allen Chickering should be grown in full sun with good drainage. Plants are quite drought tolerant once established. 9 Arroyo de la Cruz California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Arroyo de la Cruz') Bright shiny leaves and medium-blue flowers stand out on this Lilac. It makes a large mounding shrub or groundcover, great for erosion control or a low, broad hedge. Arroyo de la Cruz is drought tolerant and is found on costal bluffs not of San Simeon. It does well in gradens. 10 AutumnSage (Salvia greggii) Autumn sage is shrubs most of the year. In cool seasons these evergreen mounding sages shine and give us blooms for a long period adding radiant color to the garden. A Woody perennial, abundant flowers loved by hummingbirds & butterflies. Very drought tolerant. 11 12 Baja Bush Snapdragon (Galvesia Juncea) Galvezia juncea (Baja Snapdragon) is a unique species found only in northern Baja California. As the name implies, the branches are rush-like; they have long stems like reeds, the leaves so small and inconspicuous that the plant appears to be leafless. A blue-green form, 'Gran Cañon', (introduced by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden) grows up to five feet tall with upright bare stems emerging from a clump, giving the plant the overall shape of a vase. This form is very attractive in a rock garden or large pot. The bright red flowers on the branch tips give the plant the appearance of a miniature ocotillo, minus the thorns 13 Beach Evening Primrose (Camissonia cheiranthifolia) A perennial that lives in the dunes next to the ocean from Santa Barbara north into Oregon. 1" yellow flowers. It has very limited uses unless you're trying to restore a sand dune or plant a temparary cover in beach sand. Will need water if it does not get the ocean fog. 14 Bee’s Bliss Sage (Salvia, Bee’s Bliss) Another hybrid. Bee's Bliss came out of the University of California Botanic Garden, discovered by Roger Raiche and named by Marcia Donehue. Gave sun and little water. A nice little ground cover. 15 Bladderpod (Peritoma arborea - old name Isomeris Arborea) This is a shrub about three feet high, which is attractive except for its unpleasant smell. The leaves are smooth, toothless, and bluish-green, with a small bristle at the tip, and mostly with three leaflets. The pretty flowers are nearly an inch across and warm yellow in color, not very bright but pretty in tone, with six very long, yellow stamens, and form a short, oblong cluster. The ovary has such a long stalk, even in the flower, that it gives an odd appearance and it develops into a very curious and conspicuous, drooping pod, an inch and a half long, much inflated and resembling a very fat pea-pod, on a long stalk, with two rows of seeds like little peas inside it, which taste very bitter. This is quite common on southern mesas. I not getting the ocean fog needs a little water in Summer. 16 Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) Blue-eyed Grass. Sisyrinchium bellum is a 1 foot tall perennial with 1 inch blue flowers in Jan.-June. It has small, iris-like leaves. It is widely distributed in California on open, grassy slopes. It likes full sun and garden water. It also can become very drought tolerant. It grows in sand to clay, coastal bluffs to interior grasslands. 17 Blue Mountain Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Skylark) A California native lilac cultivar that possesses much darker leaves than any other individuals of this species. A very formal California native, wonderful for a small border hedge. The bright blue flowers on the deep green foliage look edible (actually makes a decent tea).